President Muhammadu Buhari has asked all members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) contesting elective positions in 2023 to resign.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the federal cabinet meeting presided over by Buhari at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
He said the ministers have been given up till May 16, 2022, to quit the cabinet.
The information Minister also confirmed that only Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as an elected official was exempted.
Lai further said that he did not have the mandate to talk on the fate of other political appointees who are also vying for elective positions but are not members of the cabinet.
Already, some members of cabinet have picked up their expression of interest and nomination forms in order to secure the presidential, governorship, and legislative tickets on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
They include Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio; Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba; as well as Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva amongst others.
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has equally declared to contest the APC governorship ticket in Kebbi State.
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